PT-2018-3301 · Mutt+5 · Mutt+5

Jeriko-One · Published 2018-07-07 · Updated 2025-01-15 · CVE-2018-14356

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mutt versions prior to 1.10.1 NeoMutt versions prior to 2018-07-16

Description The issue is related to the use of an uninitialized pointer in Mutt and NeoMutt email clients. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. A specific problem lies in the pop.c file, which mishandles a zero-length UID.

Recommendations For Mutt versions prior to 1.10.1, update to version 1.10.1 or later to resolve the issue. For NeoMutt versions prior to 2018-07-16, update to a version released after 2018-07-16 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-824

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2247

ALT-PU-2018-2274

BDU:2019-04575

CVE-2018-14356

DLA-1455-1

DSA-4277-1

MGASA-2018-0447

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_2212-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019_0052-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11069-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11079-1

SUSE-SU-2018:2084-1

SUSE-SU-2018:2085-1

SUSE-SU-2018:2403-1

SUSE-SU-2019:1196-1

USN-3719-1

USN-3719-2

USN-3719-3

USN-7204-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linuxmint

Mutt

Neomutt

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 109

• https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/93b8ac558752d09e1c56d4f1bc82631316fa9c82 · Patch
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2403-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mutt.org/news.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-14356 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14356 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11079-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2084-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14349 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14356 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3719-3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14363 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14356 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1328 · Vendor Advisory